Where does “tractor” come from?

tractor (New Latin) comes from Latin trahō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.

tractor (New Latin): first-person singular present passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative...

Ancestry of “tractor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrahōto drag, pull
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵʰ-to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag

Words derived from “tractor

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ-